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A farmer grazer her cattle. Image by Mahesh Maske.

Maharashtra formally recognises women farmers regardless of land ownership [Commentary]

Soumya Swaminathan 1 Oct 2026
A pet African grey parrot in Yercaud, Tamil Nadu. More than 40,000 people in India have declared their exotic pets. By law, pet owners must register possession, transfer, birth and death of species listed in the Wild Life (Protection) Act. Representative image by Yercaud-elango via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Legal system fails to keep pace with India’s growing exotic pet industry

Arathi Menon 1 Oct 2026

NGOs call for permanent moratorium on animal imports to Vantara

Simrin Sirur 25 Sep 2026
A rescued baby Siamang gibbon at YOSL-OIC. Image by Peter Ong.

Abandoning exotic pets raises ecological concerns

Arathi Menon 25 Sep 2026
Care must be provided to an infant orangutan that is being looked after at a rescue center after losing its mother. Image by Junaidi Hanafiah/Mongabay Indonesia.

Five orangutans found in Odisha forest face long road back home to Indonesia

Junaidi Hanafiah 24 Sep 2026

People and the politics of contest, construction and compensation

Satish Bhartiya 16 Sep 2026
A coal block in Hasdeo. Even today, approximately 75% of India’s total energy consumption is met by coal-based thermal power plants. Image by Alok Prakash Putul/Mongabay.

Centre tightens grip over mineral taxation, states cry foul

Vishal Kumar Jain 11 Sep 2026
Women walk after collecting firewood for their homes from a forest area in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Study links female legislators to faster forest-cover growth

Arathi Menon 4 Sep 2026
Labourers work at a metro line project in Aarey colony, amid protests against felling of trees in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Representative image. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Supreme court upholds centre’s power to notify post-facto clearance

Kundan Pandey 7 Aug 2026

Important shark, ray habitats in India are still unprotected

Rupsy Khurana 20 Jul 2026

What a coastal zoning map leaves out, explained in visuals

Shreya Raman 19 May 2026

How map scales impact coastal communities

Shreya Raman 19 May 2026
High-tension power lines. Image by Ujjwal Kishore via Pexels.

India bets on data centres even as water, energy-use concerns mount

Priyanka Shankar 12 May 2026
Forest officials in Assam patrol forests on the outskirts of Guwahati in 2017. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

No poll duty for forest staff, orders green tribunal

Nabarun Guha 6 Apr 2026

Centre could take charge when state environmental authorities are non-functional

Simrin Sirur 20 Mar 2026
Workers in a manufacturing unit make leather footwear in Agra, Uttar Pradesha. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

The environmental price of India’s new trade push [Commentary]

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 27 Feb 2026
A Great Nicobar serpent eagle. Image by Shreeram M.V. via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Green tribunal rules in favour of Great Nicobar Island project, citing ‘adequate safeguards’

Simrin Sirur 17 Feb 2026
Rekha, in her 40s, and Ratnabai, 50, are sisters who live in a low-lying migrant neighbourhood in Bengaluru. They are domestic workers. High-rises have hemmed in their neighbourhood, and the nearby lake floods when it rains heavily. Image by Mahima Jain.

Urban climate risks push migrant workers to sweat without safety

Mahima Jain 10 Feb 2026
Weeds being removed from Doddajala lake on the outskirts of Bengaluru, Karnataka. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Government launches new fund for environmental levies

Simrin Sirur 5 Feb 2026
A village head gazes into a dry well near sugarcane fields damaged by a drought in Beed district, Maharashtra. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

What India risks by dismantling its rural safety net [Commentary]

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 28 Jan 2026